Kayla Krantz > Quotes

“People fail to realize that horror isn’t just monsters and death. Sometimes, it’s learning to accept the darkness of human nature.”
― Kayla Krantz

“It's been so long, I don't remember what okay feels like.”
― Kayla Krantz, Survive at Midnight

“I want to feel the rush of death, the high of utter nothingness, the fragility of my own mortality. Let it slip through my fingers like sand and when it's gone for good, I'll be none the wiser.”
― Kayla Krantz, When Night Falls: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems

“Maybe that was why I adored horror movies and true crime. I identified with the villain, the foe, the outsider. I was always the person who didn’t belong.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“When we force something to fit where it doesn't belong, it breaks. When surrounded by people who can't appreciate our beauty, humans essentially do the same.”
― Kayla Krantz

“You pushed me down to the depths of my sorrow until I thought I wouldn’t see the light of day again. You expected me to drown, didn’t you? To be left there for an eternity, waiting for your hand to pull me out? What you didn’t stop to realize is that I live in the shadows, thrive even. When I pull myself from the darkness, I’ll be stronger for it and you’ll regret leaving me for dead.”
― Kayla Krantz, When Night Falls: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems

“There are things in this life that you must face alone. Birth is one of them-death is another.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Council

“It reminded him of the truth—who he really was, and the fact that no matter how far he ran, his past would be right there with him.”
― Kayla Krantz, Survive at Midnight

“He's evil, and the only thing that stops evil is death.”
― Kayla Krantz, Dead by Morning

“No matter what, the day didn't feel like Christmas to her.

She remembered years ago, when she had been just a little kid, and the word had been enough to make her happy. Nothing stirred in her now. Her childhood felt like it had been in another life. As she sat alone in her room with tears drying to her face, she resolved that no matter what the calendar said, it wasn't Christmas.

If it was, she'd feel happy, not depressed.”
― Kayla Krantz, Survive at Midnight

“The way I see it, you can live your life as is, continuing to feel like an underdog, or you can step up. Be someone who matters, and make a change.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Council

“Inside, she was a pane of glass, two seconds before it hits the floor. A flash of beauty bound for destruction, and when the impact would come, she would not be able to fix herself.”
― Kayla Krantz, Rise at Twilight

“No matter what you think of me, I'm part of your thoughts. Even if you hate me, I'll live in your mind forever.”
― Kayla Krantz, Alive at Sunset

“A tingling in her spine warned her the path that lay ahead was dangerous, but her curiosity placated her, driving her onward against her instincts.”
― Kayla Krantz, Survive at Midnight

“The moods he's shown me have all been vastly different...as different as summer and winter, sometimes with fall between them.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Council

“One person should never decide what happens to the majority.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Council

“No use in fearing the monsters under your bed when you've become them.”
― Kayla Krantz, Blood Moon

“This is Hell, isn't it?"
"The closest I've ever come," Sam replied. "But don't give up yet. We might still make it out of here."
"That's the thing about Hell, once you're admitted, there is no escape.”
― Kayla Krantz, Blood Moon

“On a whim, I told Mom once about seeing the world as a series of grays, and she told me I was depressed. This didn’t feel like that. This emptiness was different.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“If she opened the closet with her skeletons, they might drag her in with them.”
― Kayla Krantz, Alive at Sunset

“It was never easy to say goodbye to a friend.
Even if that friend had been a monster.”
― Kayla Krantz, Storm Breaker

“I’ve been passed from home to home to home my entire life. It’s no wonder I have no clear idea of who I am. I’m a mixed creation, holding pieces of all the different witches and homes that I’ve come into contact with over the years.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Sage

“She wouldn't even get the chance to say a proper goodbye. If he died before she returned, her last memory of him would be this one.”
― Kayla Krantz, Blood Moon

“I can’t remember the last time I’ve slept and while caffeine does sound like Heaven, I wonder if it’ll really be able to help me in this state. After all, caffeine does not cure existential exhaustion.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Moon Warriors

“I’ve always preferred moths to butterflies. They aren’t flashy or cocky; they mind their own business and just try to blend in with their surroundings and live their lives. They don’t want to be seen, and that’s something I can relate to.”
― Kayla Krantz, The OCD Games

“You don’t have to look at me like that.”
He frowned, scrunching his nose as if she had said something particularly unpleasant. “Like what?”
“Like I’m made of glass, and you’re deciding where to put me that’ll damage me the least.”
― Kayla Krantz, Rise at Twilight

“Even when I didn’t want to think about it, I did. I didn’t know what that said about me, or maybe I didn’t like what it suggested. Either way, it had left me with the thought that human life was both strangely fragile and persistent.”
― Kayla Krantz, What I Did

“You're a better person than I'll ever be."
"It's all about who you ask.”
― Kayla Krantz, Reanimate at Dawn

“There had been trials involving water, a time when witches were persecuted, bound, and tossed into the largest nearby body of water to see if they would sink or swim.”
― Kayla Krantz, The Council

“And in her life, she found the perfect death, a way to drown out the pain, a way to let go.”
― Kayla Krantz, When Night Falls: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems